Ox-social.bidsystem.com Browser Hijacker – How to Remove Ox-social.bidsystem.com Redirect Virus?

Worried about why your default web browser always kept redirecting to Ox-social.bidsystem.com? Lots of unwanted pop-ups display on your screen? Hurry to find an effective way to remove this nasty virus from your PC immediately? If so, carefully read this article which will guide you how to remove it step by step.

Information about Ox-social.bidsystem.com:

Ox-social.bidsystem.com is a malicious web browser hijacker which can hijack most popular web browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and so on. It is a redirect virus that will keep redirecting you to visit unknown websites. It may change your DNS settings and block Internet access to prevent you updating your Windows. It is capable of tracking your browser cookies and browser history in order to extract your confidential information for illegal purposes. Anyway, it is necessary to remove Ox-social.bidsystem.com redirect virus fast and thoroughly.

How to get rid of Ox-social.bidsystem.com manually?

Take the following steps to get rid of Ox-social.bidsystem.com manually.

Step one: Uninstall answers.nixxie.com from Windows Control Panel.

Go to Start > Control Panel. Under Programs, click on Uninstall a program. Look for the name answers.nixxie.com or any related term. (Note: commonly, we used the term 'Unknown' to represent it. Be aware that it may use other names or terms.)

                                                                                 

Step two: Clean up all cookies and caches fully.

1. Internet Explorer: Open Internet Explorer->Tools->Internet Option-> General->Navigate to the Browsing History area->Click Delete Button->Click Delete once again to finish the process.

2. Mozilla Firefox: Open Mozilla Firefox->Tools->Clear Recent History->Click Clear Now button to finish the process.

3. Google Chrome: Open Google Chrome->Wrench Icon->Options->Under the Hood->Clear Browsing Data->Click Clear Browsing Data to finish the process.

Step three: Reset your home page.

1. Internet Explorer: Open Internet Explorer->Tools->Internet Option->General. There are two options. One is to set home page as a blank page. The other is to set a certain website as the home page. And then click OK to save the change.

2. Mozilla Firefox: Open Mozilla Firefox->Tools->Options->General->Startup. There are two options. One is to select when Firefox Starts Show a blank page and click Ok to save the change. The other is to set a certain website (Just type a website into the address box) as the home page. And then click OK to save the change.

3. Google Chrome: Open Google Chrome->Wrench Icon->Options->Basics. On Startup area, select “Open the home page”. Then navigate to the Home page area, you also have two options here, please refer to Mozilla Firefox homepage reset guide.

Step four: Find out and delete the files associated with this redirect virus completely from your computer.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\serial.sys
C:\Users\Vishruth\AppData\Local\Temp\random.xml
C:\windows\system32\drivers\mrxsmb.sys(random)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\redbook.sys(random)

%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.dll
%AllUsersProfile%\Application Data\.exe

Step five: Remove the registry entries of this redirect virus from Registry Editor.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings “WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegedit” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableRegistryTools” = 0
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System “DisableTaskMgr” = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin” = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “ConsentPromptBehaviorUser” = 0
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system “EnableLUA” = 0

Step six: Restart your computer normally to make all changes take effective after all the steps are done.

How to automatically delete Ox-social.bidsystem.com without damage?

If you have trouble with deleting Ox-social.bidsystem.com manually, automatic removal tool would be the best option. It can scan your whole computer and delete the infection automatically. Most importantly, it won’t damage your system. On the contrary, it will fix your compromised system.